]]>By: dallasisbetterhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274203
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:17:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274203Someone said the training staff should be fired for letting him play….are you freaking kidding?? Do you really think at the time they knew about a puncture lung you idiot? read the articles fool.

I also read all this disbelief as if they are making up the small puncture of his lung. Seriously, are you in grade school?

A serious injury yes but not the worst thing to ever happen but still courageous nevertheless.

To all you Cowboy haters – ask yourself why you hate the boys so much. The answer – simple jealousy……

]]>By: descendencyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274200
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:16:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274200Toughest choker ever.
]]>By: pondbridgehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274186
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:12:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274186The Anti-Cutler.
]]>By: geezohmanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274166
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:02:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274166my son had that condition, occurring 4 years apart, for those not playing sports, it occurs typically in tall thin people also, where the body may ‘outgrow’ the lung, creating a partial pinhole tear. it was very painful for my son, who use to run cross country.

the second time it happened, again very painful, rushed him to the hospital, later he had ‘lung’ surgery to ‘sew’ up the partial lung collaspse.

Would not want to see my son in that kind of pain again. couldn’t control his breathing, taking shorter and shorter breaths.. tried to take him directly to the hospital, could not drive him 3 miles, stopped at fire station, to get immediate help, oxygen, etc.

my hat is off to Romo, he’s crazy to play this week. sorry Bradshaw… there is a need to protect players more and more. I’ m a diehard Steeler fan and do not like the old Americas team, but Romo…. go get some luvin

]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274087
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:06:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274087So what way do you want it Cowboys fan? Does the regular season matter or not? For the Cowboys it does but for teams like the Eagles it doesn’t since they have no ringzz? Your call.

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Of course the regular season matters! If you don’t do well enough in the regular season, you don’t get to the post-season. What does this have to do with your juvenile and hater-ish opinion that special things only happen in December or later?

I didn’t mention the miracle in the meadowlands (either version) but I could have. Are you mad that I didn’t mention an Eagles special moment? Well I just did. Jeez, sorry I didn’t mention every legendary play that’s ever happened before December in NFL history.

As far as the Eagles’ current “run of success” is concerned, if something special happens (like Jackson’s punt return at the end of regulation to beat the Giants), I’ll acknowledge it. But I can promise you that I won’t equate it with winning a Super Bowl, just as I didn’t equate Tony Romo’s legendary performance with winning a Super Bowl.

]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274076
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:56:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274076You all are sick for cheering on this kind of reckless behavior…

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As if you really care about Romo’s health…

]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274073
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:52:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274073If be played for most other teams, you wouldn’t even be hearing about it….

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whats your point?

]]>By: contracthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274055
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:10:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274055Yeah … I ain’t buying it.
]]>By: matiberiohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274051
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:05:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274051I used to race motorcycles professionally. Crashed hard at Daytona one year. Broke a collar bone, a shoulder blade, some ribs and punctured a lung. I could barely breathe after it happened. If his team mates honestly reported that he couldn’t speak in the huddle, I believe the story… I got a chest tube, and was in the hospital for the better part of a week. HMMV…
]]>By: blackqbwhiterbhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274042
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:26:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274042If be played for most other teams, you wouldn’t even be hearing about it….
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Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:16:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274032hailyeah11 says:
Sep 20, 2011 12:00 AM
Not only is playing with a cracked rib and collapsed lung stupid and foolish, it’s actually being a bad teammate as well… The only thing this proves is Tony Romo and his training staff has a lack of confidence in his back up (Jon Kitna) A good team member doesn’t play hurt if it could hurt his team

It sure in the hell beats the stupid a$% grin and hat on backwards act…not to mention the fumbling by the goal line or fumbling when sacked or fumbling the fg to get bounced out of the playoffs.
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He couldve been a “good teammate”, and had the team in an 0-2 hole with Kitna starting the next week anyway.

]]>By: txhchttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274029
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:00:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274029“dionoil says:
Sep 19, 2011 8:20 PM
I’ve had a pneumothorax, I had a chest tube for 3 days. He’d be stupid to play Sunday. If he reinjures it, he’ll require surgery to attach his lung to his rib cage lining, and be out for the year”

As much as I hate the thought of my Boys possibly losing to the Skins I have to agree with this. If he really does have a punctured lung then you have to shut him down to prevent further injury. The next several weeks are going to be rough anyway with the laundry list of injuries we have. Romo going out there and getting himself killed isn’t going to prove anything. He’s not going to win these games by himself, even though he’ll damn sure try. Kitna is one of the better backups in the league. I say give him plenty of reps this week in practice and give him the ball. No shame for Tony in sitting this one out if he’s got to. I’d rather miss him for 4-6 weeks than the whole season.

]]>By: saintcaseyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274023
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:16:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274023Wow…you can’t re-inflate Romo’s lung by putting his balls on your chin and blowing. I can’t believe that all of you fools really believe that he played with a collapsed lung, or even had one! Think about it folks! Jeez!!!
]]>By: oldhamletmanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274011
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:35:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274011right to play or not…. it’s pretty damn impressive, one might say legendary no matter the opponent, coming back into the game with a broken rib and one lung … and winning it….

wow

]]>By: scomibordhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1274002
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:56:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1274002Roger, where are you? concussion and you are out until an outside doctor clears you. a punctured lung, sure get back on the field. Training staff needs to be fired. idiot players want to whine and cry because their lives are so affected after their careers are over, now we see why
]]>By: halfdoctor84http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273999
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:38:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273999ughh.. didnt proof read…… pneumothorax… doesnt mean collapse…. jus means air built up around the lung cav…. it can lead to collapse ….. as far playing on it and whats the protocol… no idea… Romo’s tough …. and as far as right n wrong bout playing …. man i dont think anyone on this board wouldnt do/give anything to be able to play football … hell I miss it everyday n i was never any good…. if it was me in his shoes ud have to pull my dead corpse off the field to keep me from playing … thats for sure
]]>By: halfdoctor84http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273996
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:24:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273996jus created the account… by the way im not the expert but noticed that bloggers with the experience of the pneumothorax (experts… them and pulmonologists… obviously) failed to clarify the varying degrees of this injury…….

fairly simply put…… breathing happens cuz the diaphragm pulls(more like stretches) the edge of the lungs downwards… actually expanding the lung in a sort while the other portions of the lung remain fixed …… essentially increasing the space of a closed compartment without actually adding volume (air)….. this actually in turn creates a greater negative pressure (=vacuum) .. so when u open ur mouth after the diaphragm expansion .. air rushes in (inspiration)…. opposite in breathing out(expiration)…

as u can see… its essential for then lungs to maintain this vaacum… when theres a hole (puncture) pressure equilibriates to the outside pressure (the space outside the lung…. still in the body but def not the essential negative pressure…vaacuum…… ) …. breathing doesnt happen…. thats y a puncture can n may lead to a pneumothorax(collapse) but not necessarily if its small enough that it can be plugged by anything thats floating around in there (sorry this is where its obvious im still a bad student)

so in other words….. romo didnt have a collapsed lung (extreme extreme medical emergency…. cuz ur only breathing at most 50%… actually if that….. prbly much much less…… oxygen ud otherwise normallly breathe…. also exercise increases oxygen consumption greatly )

if he did then woulda died….. instead he prbly got a small puncture (as far as i know it doesnt say collapse on espn). That opening before it was plugged by $*#$#% (sorry i dont kno…. maybe a clot)… air leaked out of the lung into the space outside the lungs (… also called pleural cavity) creating what is called pneumothorax(air in pleural cav) ….. the larger the puncture the more air travels thru the hole into the coverings(pleural cavity..also another closed compartment) of the lungs … crushing the lungs from directly outside … leading to a possible collapse …. basically squeezing it flat (prbly not to that extent…. but u get the picture)

sorry… i was always a bad medstudent…. much much better at being a sportsstudent……. check PFT/espn/SI 20+ times daily each for long long time (super lame… i kno)… neways to any real doctors.. n everybody else… im sorry for the mistakes (certain … but the jist should be right… i think :)

if anyone wants to retype this in english …. as opposed to my extended juvenile text message… be my guest… sleep time 12:25a….. boards in a 3 wks..ahhhhhhh!!!!

]]>By: gassiusclayhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273995
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:22:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273995No way he plays…gonna be out 2-3 weeks in my medical opinion (anesthesiologist).
]]>By: ilovefoolsballhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273976
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:43:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273976“oh he’s so tough”
“such a tough guy, what courage, what heart”
“he’s so brave, he’s so strong”
“I want you Tony I want you”
“I am so sad you got married, I saw the video online”
“I wish I could breathe life back into your collapsed lung”
“You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful, it’s true, saw your face, in a crowded place, and I don’t know what to do, because I’ll never be with you”

-The Dallas and National media after Tony Romo “courageously” played and probably hurt himself more, good job.

So now we have a kicker for the cowboys with a big package that should play linebacker and a QB with a degenerate breath maker, how…romantic.

]]>By: hailyeah11http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273946
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:00:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273946Not only is playing with a cracked rib and collapsed lung stupid and foolish, it’s actually being a bad teammate as well… The only thing this proves is Tony Romo and his training staff has a lack of confidence in his back up (Jon Kitna) A good team member doesn’t play hurt if it could hurt his team, and this could hurt his team a lot more than a week two loss to a non divisional opponent. Imagine if Tony did further damage and put himself out for the season instead of that game, or worse for his own personal health. You all are sick for cheering on this kind of reckless behavior… Bravery is something to be championed and when it comes to playing injured there’s a fine line between bravery and stupidity… If you can’t speak loud enough in the huddle cause you can’t breathe – Jon Kitna playing for your team is a better option. As much as I have been dreaming about the Redskins sacking the crap out of Romo this week, I hope they do the smart thing and make 100% certain that he is contact ready, be cause this is a defense that Really hits the quarterback and I can’t imagine with all the rivalry and all anyone will go easy on him.
]]>By: briang123http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273944
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:00:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273944Romo also had his right arm amputated before OT but that didn’t stop him from hitting Holley with that pass.
]]>By: geniusfanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273936
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:47:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273936“Yeah, legendary. Your problem is that you have no sense of history. You need that to truly appreciate the special moments that happen outside the playoffs, too. Montana in week 3 in 1989. The Jets in week 8 of the 2000 season. Romo’s performance yesterday. You’re just too full of hate.”

Well you’re a cowboys fan. I’m not an Eagles fan but what do Cowboys fans always tell Eagles fans?

Lolllz still no rings we gotzz ringz. Your fanbase constantly derides the Eagles because they haven’t won a superbowl you disregard their current run of success while your team has been pretty bad since Aikman and the boys left town.

I’m not a hater it was a great performance I like Romo he’s unfairly criticized for trying to make plays for his team to win. But it was still only week two and it’s not legendary.

So what way do you want it Cowboys fan? Does the regular season matter or not? For the Cowboys it does but for teams like the Eagles it doesn’t since they have no ringzz? Your call.

]]>By: krashie21http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273911
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:16:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273911I like where this is headed.

Meredith was likely a top-5 of all-time in terms of toughness…….

They didn’t come any tougher than Roger.

In Troy’s last season he needed spinal epidurals just to get on the field.

Romo is among them in this category along with all the statistics……maybe now the page is turning somehow……..

And for this ‘Boys fan, it’s welcome and going to be nothing anyone will want to miss.

]]>By: hoggy301http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273905
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:08:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273905Notice how the redskins fans don’t come on the blog with all that negativity about the Boys; but turn the tables and they’d be talking all kinds a sh** about the Skins. I hate the Cowboys, as a Skins fan should: but he was brave and I can respect that. Nice
]]>By: phillychzstk2012http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273902
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:05:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273902i had a pneumothorax over a month ago and im still not right.
]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273897
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:58:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273897Really? Really? It was a regular season game against the 49ers Legendary? Hahahahah. Your obviously a Cowboys fan which explains the comment but nothing that any player in NFL history has ever done in week two can be considered legendary.

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Yeah, legendary. Your problem is that you have no sense of history. You need that to truly appreciate the special moments that happen outside the playoffs, too. Montana in week 3 in 1989. The Jets in week 8 of the 2000 season. Romo’s performance yesterday. You’re just too full of hate.

]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273870
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:41:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273870If I got the kind of shot that the trainers gave Romo at halftime I could play with one of my lungs hanging out my nose.

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No you couldn’t. You can’t play healthy, how are you going to play with an injury, even if you get shots?

]]>By: eaglesblowhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/19/cowboys-confirm-romos-fractured-rib-collapsed-lung/#comment-1273866
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:39:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=155631#comment-1273866I agree if its the truth. However I find it very difficult to believe that Romo was able to play, much less at the level he was playing, with a collapsed lung. This smells of a PR stunt by Jerry Jones .

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As if it’s not enough to do what he did with JUST a cracked rib. The Cowboys aren’t going to mess with injury reports, especially something like this. It’s too easy to verify. It’s not a judgment issue.